Day-After Notes: Big Plays Gash Defense

A defense doesn't give up 500-plus passing yards without giving up some in big chunks, and that was where the Packers started on Monday with the evaluation of a rough game on pass defense in Pittsburgh.

Of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's team-record 503 passing yards, 364 came on just 12 completions, or less than half of his 29 in the game.

"We can't give up the big plays that we gave up," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "And we'd been doing a pretty good job of that. It just all kind of came at once."

And right from the start. Mike Wallace's 60-yard touchdown catch on Pittsburgh's first offensive snap set the tone for the Steelers' big-play day.

The others consisted of three catches by tight end Heath Miller for 23, 27 and 20 yards, two by receiver Santonio Holmes for 33 and 32 yards, two by running back Rashard Mendenhall for 25 yards each, three by receiver Hines Ward for 17, 29 and 54 yards, and Wallace's 19-yard TD grab on the game's f..